Set minimum sustainability standards to reduce the impact of your concrete use, asphalt, roadbed aggregate, or other construction materials.
Best Practice of this action
Rating Guideline
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Resources
- See MnDOT Standard Specifications for Construction for asphalt (search for Table 2360-4) and for concrete, and for compost (3890 on p. 715) that covers compost material used as a soil amendment for landscape planting or turf establishment purposes.
- See Portland, Oregon details on the financial, logistical, health and environmental benefits of warm mix asphalt use and see the MnDOT WMA Guidance document.
- See Use of Tire Derived Products in Roadway Construction (MnDOT: 2013).
- The West Coast Climate Forum provides suggestions for reducing the impact of your concrete and asphalt use.
- Consider choosing materials that reduce heat storage. Avoid materials which become too hot to touch in higher temperatures. (the color and potential for heat absorption of paved surfaces can impact on the local microclimate). See how the City of Phoenix, AZ is using cool pavements to reduce urban heat island effects.
- Learn more about permeable pavement to reduce localized flooding under BPA 17.5.
Order Number
5
Action Type
Finite